Down 'round Black Hawk Louisian'
Skippy Bremen held some land
raised his corn and raised it right
traded it at market price
Had a banker to be paid
once the market had it's say
Had a wife who had a screed
'bout hungry little mouths to feed
had a mortgage on the farm
separate note just on the barn
had no answer for the man
when he called about the payment plan
Skippy got skinny (Skippy got' skinny)
'long side the mighty 'sippy (Skippy got' skinny)
and so he plotted as he planted
to add him on some value added on
Skippy Bremen worked his plan
Different than when he began
raised his corn and raised it right
'stilled it when the time was ripe
In '27, floods come hard
the river stretched clear 'cross the farm
Skippy did all that he could
to save the corn he thought was good
Carted corn up that ridge
'stilled it up an extra smidge
so's not to put no corn to waste
he tested it a good long tastin'
Now Skippy gone gimpy (Skippy gone gimpy)
Skippy gone gimpy (Skippy gone gimpy)
keepin' corn's q/c from lapsin'
set a snag in his synapsin'
Skippy gone gimpy(Skippy gone gimpy)
Skippy gone gimpy(Skippy gone gimpy)
the plot he planned to make him rich
Done guv his get along a hitch
